Quotes About Creativity

Our society, where we are right now, our minds are junkyards. We watch TV and sit on the computer all day and barely have an original thought.

My idea of covers is that you should never cover a song and do it exactly like the artist because everyone's always going to compare it to the way the original artists did it, and they're just going to go, 'Oh I like the original better.'

I like to write music. And I think exploring with lyrics and figuring out how to make complete songs is fun. I think I have a take on it. I don't know if it's great, but it's an interesting take. It's original.

My advice to authors would be to try to do something original rather than to try to anticipate what the market is looking for.

Knowing what you're up against is part of the strength of writing something that is even, I guess, considered halfway original, knowing what's out there to begin with.

Writing is much more satisfying on a certain level than acting ever was. Because you're not interpreting someone else's original idea, you can come up with your own.

I don't think anybody came into the movie business to be unoriginal and plagiarising and not having an original idea in their brain.

Some of us have great original ideas and some of us depend on adaptations.

Using the computer to record was a cool way to keep all the original ideas intact.

I'm not a household word. The climate for original music is always a bit difficult.

If someone wants to make very, very original music that no one has ever heard before, you shouldn't know anything about music. It just narrows you down, you know?

Original music is always appreciated.

Labels and people didn't know if i could write original music or anything.

I wanted to play my original music, but it was really hard because a lot of the people who would come out to the shows found out about me through 'The Voice' and wanted to hear covers.

You can't write much quality, original music on a concertina.

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

I think originality is something that's important and catches people's eye.

I have always loved originality.

When you're making anime, if you get all of your inspiration from anime... it's going to lack originality and creativity, so I try to get my inspiration from different genres.

There was a big horror boom in the '80s, and I liked its originality and what you could get away with.

Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin.

Be original. That's my best advice. You're going to find that there's something that you do well, and try to do it with as much originality as you can, and don't skimp on the words. Work on the words.

Originality is dangerous.

Every director has a sensibility and style, and what works is his originality and conviction.